Rambling hikes along one of our national symbols? (7,3)

I believe the answer is:

english oak

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'one of our national symbols?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'rambling hikes along' is the wordplay.
'rambling' is an anagram indicator.
'hikes'+'along'='hikesalong'
'hikesalong' with letters rearranged gives 'ENGLISH OAK'.

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